Jimmy Fallon’s ‘Lip Sync Battle’ to Roll Out as Series (VIDEOs)
The epic lip-sync battles segment on the "Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon" will soon roll out as a series of its own.
Jimmy Fallon's lip sync battle segment is all set to come to your TV and computer screens as a full-fledged series in 2015. Spike TV is partnering with Jimmy Fallon, John Krasinski and Stephen Merchant to roll out the sections into a full series.
Fallon, Krasinski and Merchant will not only serve as the executive producers of the series but will also appear and perform on "Lip Sync Battle."
"Lip sync battling is one of the coolest things happening in pop culture right now and already has a huge fan base thanks to the amazing talent involved. We're thrilled to be in business with producers as talented as Jimmy, John and Stephen as Spike broadens its programming in new and exciting ways," Casey Patterson, exec vice president of talent development and production at Viacom Entertainment Group told The Hollywood Reporter.
The "Tonight Show" lip sync battles have been a raging hit on the uber-popular show. Fallon and his celebrity guest take turns on lip syncing songs their opponent doesn't know. Whoever performs the best wins the battle.
Below is the first even "Tonight Show" lip sync battle:
While that was just the start, this one with Emma Stone was perhaps the most popular one:
Steven Merchant also performed on the Tonight Show once in the presence of Joseph Gordon Levitt, who performed Nicki Minaj's "Super Bass."